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P5 » » PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 36°C | MIN 21°C YESTERDAY MAX 36.4°C | MIN 21°C SUNSET SATURDAY 7.18 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5.22 AM » SATURDAY | 31 MAY 2025 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST /THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Civic body proposes major hike in Poison ingested by Panchkula family community centre booking charges was bought online WHAT’S ON Moots biz activities during lean period; draft policy to be tabled before General House CHANDIGARH Felicitation ceremony: Union Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya and Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria to felicitate outstanding sportspersons of Chandigarh, PGCG, Sector 42, 3.45 pm Ramkrishan Upadhyay APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 40, 43 and 49 Panchkula: Sector 14 Mohali: Sectors 82 and 71 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com INBRIEF CAR VANDALISED IN BEHLOLPUR Mohali: Three unidentified youths vandalised a car parked outside a house with sticks and rods in Behlolpur around 9.30 pm on Thursday. The police suspect old rivalry behind the incident. The assailants smashed the windshields and damaged the vehicle in a minute. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed nearby. No complaint has been lodged with the police yet. TNS YOUTH STABBED, HOSPITALISED Chandigarh: A youth was allegedly stabbed near a school in Dadu Majra Colony on Wednesday night. The victim, Abhishek of the colony, was rushed to the GMSH in Sector 16 from where he was referred to the PGI. On his complaint, a case was registered against the suspect, Vishal, alias Babu, a resident of the colony, at the Maloya police station. TNS UT cop shoots self dead at Dhanas home Chandigarh, May 30 A Chandigarh Police constable allegedly shot himself with his service weapon at his house in Police Complex, Dhanas, on Thursday night. Kailash (35), the deceased, was posted with the security wing at the District Court. According to officials, he reached home around 6 pm after completing his duty shift from 8:30 am to 5 pm. He allegedly shot himself around 9.45 pm when he was alone at home. His wife and son had stepped out for a walk. On hearing the gunshot, they rushed back home and found him gravely injured. The cop was rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research where he was declared dead on arrival. A PCR team and forensic experts reached the spot soon after getting information about the incident. Initial findings suggested that Constable Kailash might have been under personal stress, though the exact cause of his action remains unclear. No suicide note was found at the scene. — TNS Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 30 The Municipal Corporation (MC) has proposed a big hike in the booking rates of community centres. To generate more revenue, the civic body is also planning to allow commercial activities like exhibitions in the community centres and restricting the bookings for resident welfare association (RWA) events. The RWAs will not be given community centres free of charge for their meetings and they will not be allowed to put advertisements of sponsors at the venue. An agenda for the draft policy for the management of community centres will be placed in the next General House meeting of the MC along with the recommendations of a committee of councillors formed for the purpose. The panel has recommended to fix the rates as per the category of the community centres. It has been proposed to charge Rs 60,000 for category A community centres and Rs 40,000 and Rs 30,000 for B and C categories, respectively. COMMUNITY CENTRE BOOKING FEE Category Proposed rate Old rate A ~60,000 ~24,000-~48,315 B ~40,000 ~13,198-~24,158 C ~30,000 ~6,000-~12,000 NO MORE FREEBIES FOR RWAs ■The committee formed to draft policy for management of community centres has also recommended to impose many restrictions on bookings by RWAs. Earlier, associations were allowed to book centres six months in advance, which has now been cut down to maximum 30 days. ■One association will be allowed only one meeting in a month. No commercial event or advertisement will be permitted at the venue. No election will be allowed at community centres. ■Only the hall on the ground floor will be provided for meeting, for which user charges of ~1,000 plus GST will be imposed. At present, the RWAs are given community centres free of cost. There are 11 community centres in the A category. These are situated in Sectors 19, 23, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38, Sector 38 (West), 43, 49 and 50. Presently, the charges of these community centres Hoax bomb threat at Haryana Secretariat, CM Saini’s residence Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 30 A bomb threat received via email on Friday afternoon sent shockwaves through Chandigarh’s high-security zone, prompting the immediate evacuation of the Haryana Civil Secretariat and the official residence of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. The alert, flagged by the Haryana Criminal Investigation Department (CID), warned of a possible bomb blast and even suggested a fidayeen (suicide) attack. In response, a large-scale security operation was launched involving the Central Indus- trial Security Force (CISF), Chandigarh Police, and specialised bomb disposal squads from the Chandigarh and Haryana Police. The entire area around the Secretariat and the Chief Minister’s residence was cordoned off. For several hours, sniffer dogs and bomb detection teams scoured the buildings but no explosive device was found, following which the threat was confirmed to be a hoax. The police are investigating the On May 22, an email warning had led to the temporary evacuation of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. That too had proved to be a false alarm. vary from Rs 24,000 to Rs 48,315 per booking. Similarly, charges for B category centres ranged from Rs 13,198 to Rs 24,158. These centres are situated in 24 different sectors, including Manimajra. 3 arrested for blackmarketing of IPL tickets Mohali, May 30 Three persons have been arrested for illegal sale of IPL match tickets at inflated prices. The suspects have been identified as Jind resident Naveen and New Delhi residents Darpan and Parharsh Anurag. The arrests were made during the first Qualifier between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Mullanpur stadium. An FIR has been registered at the Mullanpur police station on May 29. The suspects had a large number of tickets and were selling them at inflated prices near the stadium. On a tip-off, the police apprehended the suspects ‘red handed’ and confiscated 14 tickets from them, said Mullanpur DSP Mohit Agarwal. — TNS The C category community centres are mostly situated in colonies and villages and their booking charges vary from Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000. Justifying the increase, an MC official said the civic body had spent crores on the construction of community centres and huge amount was spent on its maintenance. For the first time it has been proposed to allow commercial activities in the community centres like holding exhibitions. These will be allowed from May 1 to October 31 every year when there are less marriage functions. The MC expects to generate huge revenue from it. The committee has also imposed many restrictions on the booking by RWAs. Earlier, associations were allowed to book community centres six months in advance. Now, it has been proposed that the booking will not be allowed more than 30 days before the date of event/function in the same ward. One association will be allowed only one meeting in a month. Only the hall on the ground floor will be provided for meeting, for which user charges of Rs 1,000 plus GST will be imposed. At present, the RWAs are given community centres free of cost. In case a violation of the continued on page 5 Sheetal Tribune News Service Panchkula, May 30 The substance allegedly ingested by seven members of the Panchkula family to end life was sodium nitrate. Police sources said Parveen Mittal, one of the deceased persons, had purchased it through an online platform under the guise of a commercial food preservative. Investigators believe that the chemical, in powdered form, was mixed into a cold drink and consumed by the Mittal family on Monday evening in a car parked at Sector 27 in Panchkula. Fresh surveillance footage showed the car in which the seven members, including Parveen’s wife, three children and parents, allegedly ‘took poison’ near the Old Panchkula roundabout around 5 pm. The car remained parked in Sector 27 since 6.30 pm on the fateful day and was discovered around 10 pm by neighbours for suspicious activity, which prompted a call to ‘112’ and arrival of the police and ambulance. Earlier that day, the family had checked into two rooms at Ambedkar Bhawan in Sector 12, which they vacat- Selfless service Devotees distribute sweetened water (chhabeel) at a gurdwara on the PGIMER premises to mark the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, in Chandigarh on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI Evening walkers to be treated to Now, report littering live music at city parks, gardens through WhatsApp Tribune News Service UT Tourism Dept to provide platform to budding singers, instrumental artistes Dushyant Singh Pundir Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 30 People visiting parks in the city for evening walk will soon be treated with live music performance. On the pattern of Delhi, the UT Tourism Department is going to provide a platform to artistes to perform in the city gardens or parks for an hour in the evening. The department is going to provide an opportunity to budding singers and instrumental artistes to perform at famous tourist spots and gardens such as Rose Garden, Shanti Kunj and other prominent landmarks. Solo guitarists, singers or those skilled in any other performing art and having own FOLLOWING DELHI PATTERN The model has already been implemented by the Delhi Tourism Department and received an overwhelming response from both artists and the audience alike. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also appreciated the initiative in his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’. music set-up or equipment can give public performance by joining the department. The department has invited an Expression of Interest (EOI) from eligible and interested artists, instrumental artists and singers to perform in gardens or parks in the city for entertainment of visitors for a period of one hour. Artists can apply by visiting the Tourism Department office in Sector 19 or can contact the department’s website or office for additional information. The selected artists will be given an opportunity to perform for about an hour every evening. In c m y b ed before heading to Sector 27. Parveen Mittal, a once-hopeful entrepreneur, had spent the last years chasing one venture after another, each one crumbling faster than the last. Investigations revealed the full extent of his desperate attempts to restore his finances. In April this year, he had rented Hotel Alaknanda and Hotel Ananda on the Kaulagarh road in Rajender Nagar, Dehradun. It wasn’t his only gamble. Records show he had also registered a taxi service (Aggarwal Taxi Service), a spiritual consultancy — Aggarwal Jyotish Kendra — and had links to an NGO (Child Life Care Mission), whose charity work featured in the earlier videos of his YouTube channel (Aggarwal Associates Official). Several of these businesses appear to have been registered in the name of his teenage son, Hardik, possibly to shield liabilities or rejuvenate credibility. The suicide note, sent for forensic handwriting verification, expressed Parveen Mittal’s grim reasoning behind including his children in the act, stating that he feared they would face emotional trauma and social isolation if left behind. return, they will be paid around Rs 2,000 by the department. The model has already been implemented by the Delhi Tourism Department and received an overwhelming response from both the artists and the audience alike. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also appreciated the initiative in his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’. A senior official of the Tourism Department said initially, the scheme was planned to be launched in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation, but now the department has decided to implement it independently due to the financial condition of the corporation. Chandigarh, May 30 In a major step towards promoting cleanliness and enforcing public hygiene, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has launched a dedicated WhatsApp number 9915762917 to report incidents of littering in public places. Announcing the initiative, MC Commissioner Amit Kumar stated, “With active participation of citizens, we can eliminate littering completely. The initiative empowers people to become Swachhata warriors for a cleaner Chandigarh.” Residents can click photos or shoot videos of individuals littering in public spaces and share these through WhatsApp. The images will not only be used to identify and penalise offenders under the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules. The identity of complainants or senders will be kept confidential. Four violators were issued challans last evening time through surveillance footage from CCTV cameras. The WhatsApp initiative is expected to further strengthen such enforcement measures. Besides WhatsApp, the citizens can also register complaints related to sanitation services through Swachhata App and I’m Chandigarh App. These platforms allow for easy submission and tracking of grievances related to waste collection, cleanliness and sanitation maintenance. Painter held for wife’s murder Chandigarh, May 30 The police have arrested the husband of a woman from Maloya, who was declared brought dead at a city hospital on May 28, on the murder charge. The 34-year-old suspect, Ramesh, a painter by profession, was booked under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Maloya police station. The incident had come to light when the GMSH-16 reported to the police that a woman, identified as 25-year-old Pinky Devi, was brought dead to the hospital. The victim’s children, aged 10 and 7, and her father-inlaw revealed that she had been stabbed in the stomach by her husband Ramesh following a domestic dispute. Ramesh, who had fled after the assault, was nabbed on Thursday and produced in court, which remanded him in judicial custody. — TNS